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From: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
To: Eric Paris <eparis@parisplace.org>
Cc: Brad Boyer <flar@allandria.com>, James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>,
	linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>,
	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>,
	Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6][v4][RFC] NFSv3: implement extended attribute protocol (XATTR)
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:23:36 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BA14858.2060701@schaufler-ca.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7e0fb38c1003171313i3bb81da3xda3a1d28f822d019@mail.gmail.com>

Eric Paris wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 1:49 AM, Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Another is to NFS mount the filesystem back on to the server,
>> in which case James' scheme works just dandy. It's a trick that
>> I've used more than once in the Unix world for this exact purpose.
>> Of course you have to arrange your mount points in advance with
>> malice aforethought, but that's likely something you're used to
>> by now.
>>     
>
> Is this safe with NFS on Linux?  I know in the past (RHEL5) mounting
> NFS over loopback can cause deadlocks under even slight memory
> pressure.  I complained about it and was told 'don't do that, just
> bind mount.'
>
>   

Sigh. Dedicate your NFS server as an NFS server and never let
anyone long onto it then. The point is well past made, I think.


> -Eric
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  reply	other threads:[~2010-03-17 21:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-02-26  4:33 [PATCH 0/5][v3][RFC] NFSv3: implement extended attribute protocol (XATTR) James Morris
2010-02-26  4:34 ` [PATCH 1/5] NFSv3: convert client to generic xattr API James Morris
2010-02-26  4:35 ` [PATCH 2/5] NFSv3: add xattr API config option for client James Morris
     [not found] ` <alpine.LRH.2.00.1002261457420.25193-CK9fWmtY32x9JUWOpEiw7w@public.gmane.org>
2010-02-26  4:36   ` Subject: [PATCH 3/5] NFSv3: add client implementation of XATTR protocol James Morris
2010-02-26  4:36 ` [PATCH 4/5] NFSv3: add server " James Morris
2010-02-26  4:37 ` [PATCH 5/5] NFSv3: Add server namespace support for XATTR protocol implementation James Morris
2010-02-26 13:46   ` Stephen Smalley
2010-03-01  0:49     ` Casey Schaufler
2010-03-01  1:17       ` Trond Myklebust
2010-03-01  8:09         ` James Morris
2010-03-08 10:42 ` [PATCH 0/6][v4][RFC] NFSv3: implement extended attribute protocol (XATTR) James Morris
2010-03-08 10:43   ` [PATCH 1/6] NFSv3: convert client to generic xattr API James Morris
     [not found]   ` <alpine.LRH.2.00.1003082122340.6314-CK9fWmtY32x9JUWOpEiw7w@public.gmane.org>
2010-03-08 10:43     ` [PATCH 2/6] NFSv3: add xattr API config option for client James Morris
2010-03-08 10:47     ` [PATCH 6/6] NFSv3: Add server namespace support for XATTR protocol implementation James Morris
2010-03-08 10:44   ` [PATCH 3/6] NFSv3: add client implementation of XATTR protocol James Morris
2010-03-08 10:45   ` [PATCH 4/6] NFSv3: add server " James Morris
2010-03-08 10:46   ` [PATCH 5/6] xattr: add new top level nfsd namespace and implement ext3 support James Morris
2010-03-09  3:59   ` [PATCH 0/6][v4][RFC] NFSv3: implement extended attribute protocol (XATTR) Brad Boyer
2010-03-09  5:49     ` Casey Schaufler
2010-03-09  7:04       ` Brad Boyer
2010-03-09 19:35         ` Jamie Lokier
2010-03-10  3:46           ` Casey Schaufler
2010-03-15  3:19             ` Jamie Lokier
2010-03-15  4:42               ` Casey Schaufler
2010-03-15 14:28                 ` Jamie Lokier
2010-03-15 23:28                   ` Casey Schaufler
2010-03-15 23:49                     ` Trond Myklebust
2010-03-16  2:31                       ` Casey Schaufler
2010-03-17 20:13       ` Eric Paris
2010-03-17 21:23         ` Casey Schaufler [this message]
2010-03-09  8:13     ` James Morris
2010-03-13  7:28       ` Brad Boyer

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